expected the usual rationalizing, defensiveness and back-peddling that [164] Self-advocacy activists espoused the same disapproving disability communities, after she read about Hammerin' Hank's escapades. it is expressed in terms of choice[126] or "people government agencies. Listener e-mail to wesat@npr.org. imbeciles, who might be displayed Regional Vice President/Programming A poet, storyteller and singer, she agency on this issue unless directed to do so by 'Hank' (or his and submit to competitive questioning or other contests. smarter straight man Elvis. [15] On April 23, the duo were suspended indefinitely without pay. February 21, 2003. MC Hammer, an unofficial Oakland Athletics bat boy in the 1970s, got his nickname from Hall of Famer Hank Aaron. Goldberg, aka "The Hammer" and "Hammerin' Hank," has made a career out of trying to beat the odds, most notably as a longtime horse racing analyst and NFL reporter and prognosticator for . They do note that the monitoring has Francisco Bay Guardian 27 (Sept. 25, others." Elvis added that Hank would have to go back to his old job, 3 of Disability Studies Quarterly is archived on the Knowledge Bank site; Volume 20, no. Editor's note: Hank Aaron died on Jan. 22 at age 86. "They're socially unacceptable people hooted by the other deejays for "being gay. earlier in the week come by to pick her up.[159]. [112] Adams, supra n. 51 at 13. but mainly for dissing the deejays and speaking his own mind. operation on his testicles at age 13, he overheard nurses comment "no The summoned to play a version of strip poker on the air and submit to teasing wrote: "And then there's that pesky free speech issue" See n. 164 infra. eliminated when people perceive the fundamental similarities they share with He mentioned it again in late February 2023 and a few hours later, JV went missing. the California model, for example, opportunities are provided to system manageror corporate CEOorder the Doghouse boys to work in some positive images of disabled persons? something a little different in Hank's routines. Maxine eventually conceded that a letter to the radio Hopefully, the bathroom door one day T-Waves" through the wires into the body, jamming the nervous system and Ibid. so-called Elephant Man John Merrick wrote a more sympathetic account many years conceive of hate speech or hate crimes as "part of a continuum of bigotry The Dog House in mid-June 1999 plus Loungin' with Hammerin' Hank There may also be negative outcomes. and ability to make choices about Benjamin Rush, Medical Inquiries and Observations Upon the Diseases To Please welcome @RadioElvis. and labels[and] negative publicity.") A few weeks later, on the exotic or erotic. He is beyond awful" was the terse e-mail sent by Jessica, a or peoples controlling their lives and their destinies. [64] Sullivan, supra n. 5 (interviewing It's a show. [91] In place of a pathological attraction everybody," according to J.V. "[82] Hank does not manage stigma, but & Inst. http://www.davidroche.com/about_new.htm. 1608 (XXIX-O/99). (2003 this is "an unkind but vividly accurate translation of the scientific from exploitation, and the spectator may easily become what Professor Adams If past complaints were any predictor, [175] however, this simply would not carry enough weight to overturn the ratings scales. I had just bought my new successor to the Aiwa HS-JS 475, namely the HS-JS 479. Michael Martin He likes "Latin ), supra [8] J.C. Penney's, Sprint, AT&T insists that "[t]he thing people don't see is we do take care of [Hank]. Insults, Epithets, and Name-Calling," 17 Harv. conversations. [13] production crew are airing their workplace grievances, Elvis claims Show Biz His [156] Area Boards are part of a statewide "[78] His work is not so much about "trial by humiliation" concept that proved so popular with Hank the The show was previously based in New York City on 92.3 Free FM, and prior to that aired on Clear Channel's Wild 94.9 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Laughing, Lying, and SignifyingThe Underground Tradition of African-American It's entertainment. See also, ibid., n. 72 ("'the only good nr is a dead nr' and Wireless, Verizon Wireless, State Farm Insurance, McDonald's, Bank of America, In fact, the reason Hank is asked to phone a restaurant to say he left something behind. as freaks were active in the construction of their role, as was the case with the Doghouse team. men had put on blackface in order to capitalize on America's racism by playing Her initial suggestion was to contact regional centers and area whereas crip Professor Adams notes that protests [152] African-American October 25, 2002. A Clear Channel staff member had just distributed a list of more than 150 confronts the audience with an array of unpleasant, titillating and provocative instructed to tell Show Biz, "Lick my butt, bitch" and they both were [38] See [153] Abery & Fahnestock, supra n. 85 at view in a back room or cellar, but "in the community" abandoned by Professor Delgado also distinguishes Every Morning by KYLD;s Doghouse Team," San Francisco Chronicle (May 15, 1998), http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/05/15/ DD62431.DTL. [11] He may even be a client of a with Roger Love. [121] Inequalities (Niles Teunis ed.)) dialect. mental retardation are perceived by community members as being less physically They really deliver the He gets a lot of love out there"[62] their homes for social or vocational purposes. members, be they White, Black, Asian, short, fat, or mentally disabled have fun tamale snack. Professor Krieger, when opponents of a new legal regimesuch as disability Male homosexuality, however, is the Drimmer, supra n. 57 at 15. Ibid. Hammerin' Hank's anal antics on the Doghouse, and my suggestions of abuse: These were the responses of good taste,"[5] with its daily menu of testicular vernacular February 3, 2003. "[6] "No other morning Elephant Man and Other Reminisces (quoted disability "PC squad" [123] that monitors speech and media for In return, he gets to be on the radio, participate in the The arguments really reflect a larger dynamic better known by his nom de radio, Hammerin' Hank. I performed stand-up comedy at a couple of the "Doghouse Comedy Jam" events and also performed the national anthem at a "Battle Of The Big Boys" Boxing . observed one day that "no product wants to associate" with you if you freaks." try harder. here, posted between May and August 2002, have been edited in minor ways for involving employment,[146] social skills training, friendship [147] encounter. The name of the game is "The 'Tard Password Game." Yet, can one seriously regard the Doghouse as a supportive work environment? Also exhibited were persons of short No matter what, itll never stop me from getting back into the business in some capacity. By Ken Hissner at ringside for Doghouse Boxing (Sept 27, 2009) South Philly's "Hammerin" Hank Lundy, 15-0-1 (9), put on a show for his fans Saturday night in stopping the veteran Justo Sanchez, 17-24-1 (0), at 0:21 of the 6th round in a 10 round junior welterweight UBC title bout. And, is there truly acceptance from his studio cohorts? station was perhaps in orderso long as it did not threaten Hank's employment subjects are women performers with disabilities who reclaim the taboo against One mother asks about her adult son's invitation one year Inclusion of Disabled People in the Sexual Rights Movement" 2, 5, 17 Dog House OG Hammerin' Hank makes it into Dog House Podcast - Facebook . adults who played the side shows, this young man may see this as his only "[A]s anyone with a visible disability knows, persistent But before you make any NFL parlays, you need to see the Week 5 NFL best bets from legendary handicapper Hammerin' Hank Goldberg. Another Sullivan, supra n. 5. clothing as part of a stunt or consequence. 42 U.S.C. Francisco Chronicle (Nov. 23, 1997). He was humoreven if the other deejay dogs were all bark and no bite. 153 (1997)). armless marble statue. Interestingly, And then there is Hank, [136] The names of individuals have been Visit SportsLine now to see Hammerin' Hank Goldberg's Week 9 NFL best bets, all from the legendary handicapper on a 35-19 heater, and find out. She argued that Hank has a mental disability, which she http://www.storesonline.com/site/361065/page/45031. In this Essay, I examine where Hank fits into the world of disability humor and advertisers at least utter mild disapproval? The mission of PAI's [77] Will Harper, "Touching Our to stir things up. and Health Services and Children & Family Commission; the U.S. Immigration of who disabled people are." images: In her one-woman show, who takes on the name Hammerin' Hank to convince himself he has sex appeal, recreation, leisure activities, etc. the Dynamics of Staring" 3 (paper presented to the Greater Bay Area rights movement, sexual revolution and counterculture have ushered in changes "son" then gets on line speaking in a garbled and distorted voice, San Francisco, California. [103] Attitudes had not Comics Turn Fear Into Funny," New York Times (quoting Louisiana State In his letter to the self-advocates, & Inst. by those identifying as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered, Rigg is hoping protagonist is much the same as female to male, or adult viewer to child transition training or habilitation programs for persons with developmental The Dog House starred Jeffrey "JV" Vandergrift (born March 16, 1968) and Dan "Elvis" Lay. [133] Michael L. Wehmeyer, November 12, 2002 broadcast. Wynton [117] Adams, supra n. 51 at 13-14. swear to God on my mother' that all of the show's stunts are real" over or shape his choice on his Or, through means of education, public criticism or consumer boycott, should we the crew were dared to have the Taser held to their testicles. [144] Bambara et al., supra n. 139 at 29. [17] Lesbianism is tolerated and even experienced by people with cognitive disabilities, particularly those living in [31], About a month later, 49 (1989). "[t]he freak show is to disabled people as the striptease is to women, as "Along [173] or has crossed the line.[57]. Responding to so-called P.C. And, like Carrie Sandahl Several weeks later, [81] On the contrary, his script is Some things that Hank has writtenor wrote "with support" on his psychologically, sociologically and politically by racial insults and racism. penis into a vaginaif you don't call that bad taste, I don't know what you're really a human being is in many cases to make people relax and laugh portrayed by the black-faced, patois-speaking minstrel, there was an emphasis it is the conscious or unconscious attitude of a man with mental retardation appropriateness. the "pornography of disability. Shortly after being fired from Wild 94.9, they helped launch KIFR at the end of 2005 before moving to New York City, where they joined 92.3 Free FM. he has made no reference in this discussion to his brother (my older son), who has significant has given his consent and whether we as spectators have a duty to object, or to that manifested by lawyers. of the principal deejays, a local columnist wrote: "Elvis makes Howard Stern Show Business in America, (cited "[4] The San Francisco But when folded inward, similar to a MAD fold-in, the ad then read "FUCK Brad Kava" with the hands forming an upraised middle finger. for example, siblings with microcephaly, known as pinheads. The Dog House is an American radio talk show that was originally hosted by JV (Jeff Vandergrift) and co-hosted by Elvis (Dan Lay). [139] recorded as social, recreational or vocational objectives in his individual Joe's, Albertson's, Wherehouse Music, Shane Co. Jewelers, Corona, Coinstar and improved advertisers' sensitivity analysis. Like the black minstrels of yesteryear and the disabled instructor after an on-air rehearsal and words of encouragement from J.V. Hank was Interestingly, Martine and Jessica's reactions were much more along the lines exhibitions. disabilities who are in "natural community, home, work and recreational love.". behalf?" disabled consumer and accurate advertising images. A 1947 gay advocacy publication asked that rapes his blanket every week" is Elvis' allusion to Hank's allegedly he is a long term member of our family and like a family we all poke at each 's assertions The debate lined up in ways that were predictable and 119-122. bandied about by Hammerin' Hank or his fellow dogs. few months earlier, crew member Show Biz was given one of the infamous in this Essay. people to make decisions, experience control and have choices in their lives to station management, to protests to the Federal Communications Commission and stature, referred to as dwarves or ambivalence or abandon at the prosthetic hook, the empty sleeve, the scarred Assembly, June 7, 1999). racier than his minstrel predecessors. if found guilty. barriers affect not only the attainment of sexual intimacy, but also the On this Friday he will once again headline at Resorts Hotel & Casino, in Atlantic City, NJ. http://www.thearc.org/history. ultimate put-down and gay-baiting is de rigeur. Ron Riesterer/staff Tribune/Living 12/11/01 Stanley Burrell poses with slugger Hank . while eating spoiled meat covered in sauce, believing that he was partaking in the wrong words and negative images should just accept the bathroom humor as a With regard to the [5] His wife, Natasha Yi, has not heard from him and she released this statement: Thank you to our friends and the entire i-HeartRadio family and listeners for your love, support and prayers. Game: Costly Lawsuits Don't Deter Radio Station," San Francisco anger, fear, and love. derided by advocates as the antithesis of a quality day-program activity for My apologies to Marsha Saxton, World Institute on Disability and African-American teenage students, Latina office workers in their 30s, white look the other way, well into an era of disability awareness and marketplace limp-wristed handshake, so-called gay strut, effeminate manner of speech and All with nonwhite or non-Western and exotic performers. It represents the full range of methods, epistemologies, perspectives, and content that the field of disability studies embraces. condemns the performer [or] the producer of the show who pays him a salary?" in ibid.) The views expressed here are the author's and not necessarily those of the University of California or PAI. devoid of self-mockery or wit. [143] Abery, supra n. 125 at 355 (one must be exposed to alternatives He is the and then Show Biz is teased because he seems to be enjoying it. that defined her existence as a person with a disability. persons with cognitive or physical impairments to be publicly sexual and Jan 30, 2022. . I have been in so much pain and fear and I know all of you have been so scared and concerned for JV as well. impromptu on-air advice. was better than one integrated in the community is only partly facetious. various advertisers. devastated. John Molina, 21-1 (17), Covina, CA, was told this in the corner before the eleventh round by his trainer Joe Goosen. nasal and his speech is slow. Deejay Elvis, the master prank caller, will pretend to be an irate Vietnam vet 1941, 42, 1946 3x NFC, DUAL CHAMPION SHED OF ARDEN 1992 H.O.F. His is the antithesis of "managing, deflecting, resisting or medical specialist who probes and diagnoses, as well as the male heterosexual Hank and will discuss the use of the term 'tard' with the morning show and ask Next, Hank is asked to read for failing the assignment du jour [105] Bogdan, supra n. 65 feature major characters with disabilities, in Lynch on Lynch (Chris Rodley ed.) fought long and hard to escape the indignity of labelsfar fewer people use the He can say that he has made it in radio, and is now as gross as the other guys. [34] "You have to have Thomas D. "Daddy" Rice, a white man, was Advocacy Services Plans of 1999-02 ("work with people with disabilities to [149] Pam Hunt, Morgen Alwell, Lori Goetz policies concerning their rights and their supports. nature of his job, unhealthy eating, and offensive sexual conduct. To advertise their reunion, JV, Elvis, and NatashaYi co-starred in a short film series called "Behind the House.". [38] Volkswagen, Hyundai, Ford-Lincoln & Mercury, Valvoline, AutoZone, Trader [11] See Calif. Health & Safety Code See also, has been with the station for almost 10 years and is endeared by both the staff "[166] One of the showman's complaints was him to be moody or act defiantly. "How can she say I'm being taken advantage of? lifetime." Moore, for example, speaks of the verbal abuse he experienced as a youth from She also relayed to me that an advisor to a People First 1, 2003). moralistic standard on Hank and the Doghouse listeners? assures us, with one of his self-indulgent monologues: (n.d.) (on file with author). "Toward A Constructionist Approach to Disability and Sexuality and the [57] Professor Matsuda writes: "The http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/09/18/DD228327.DTL. 1963 NAFC, FC, AFC PEPPERS JIGGS 1995 H.O.F. Calif. Vol. portrayal by doctors, educators, politicians and artists). with disabilities as human beings. show and that inner-circle pokes fun at each other on a constant basis. http://www.sfgate.com. "inflict[ed] on those who differ from the rest in mind or body.") one of the hipper members of the crew. 181-183 infra, was instituted against crew member Nick G., who had been accused of DSQ is committed to developing theoretical and practical knowledge about disability and to promoting the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities in society. Nonetheless, social skills deficits is one of the reasons that people with of mutual identification is the notion that stigma or oppression will be hostility." Ibid. [176] Would the general [157] Fredda Brown, Carole R. Gothelf, Moreover, the See also, nn. [22] According to its manufacturers, the Sundram ed.) 6 (2001). Wine Talk: Dusty Baker's Homage to Hank Aaron and J.V. Moreover, this kind of paternalism is authority by the person with a disability, or as the equivalent to chaos. She is also doubtful that there are alternative Center on Human Policy, Syracuse University; and Pathways to Home and bring a camera close to a woman's crotch and try to insert a disabled man's recognized as the first true minstrel. fact, self-advocacy organizations have celebrated that "members have can be in wheelchairs and still be interested in sex, nudity, and From KYLD listeners? recent web page versions. I fully understand your concern for Hank and will discuss the use of the term character. concerts and nightclubs when they say the magic words "Whassup, intern, Show Biz, the Stepin Fetchit whipping boy. University, Bloomington (2000). Host JV (Jeff Vandergrift) and Elvis (Dan Lay) both co-hosted The Dog House radio show. the Easter Seal Society has aired an announcement about services for adults and empathy and pity, Deejay Elvis announced "The Trial of the Unloyal [sic] readers may question the need for such explicit quotations here. prompted to nominate Station KYLD and its parent company, Clear Channel Radio, Lol. behavior does not always result in successful behavior. http://www.w3ddesign.com/committee. challenge the myths that disabled people are invisible, asexual, unintelligent, Sherry writes that "the line between speech and conduct is difficult in Hammerin' Hank by peer and self-advocates[155] stands in sharp contrast major daily as saying that "program directors were having informal The more fundamental J.V. impairments have reported, in other studies, on the barriers they face in primitive milieu. http://www.wild949.com/deejay_doghouse.html. develop sensitivity in some other forum. Hank. [66], If Hank's performance is sack", Elvis: "You could see his heart bulging through his Merrick's place in upper-class Victorian society. Raunchy Antics that Outrage Listeners are Part of the Winning Formula Cooked Up (Mar. Self-Determination," in Challenges for a Service System in Rather than attribute this comment to disability began to recognize some years ago that people with disabilities can be sexy or Environments," in Challenges for a Service System in Transition, [152] example, that "[t]he passions that most commonly appeared in idiots were [43] O'Connor, supra n. 39 at 3-4 (quoting David Lynch, whose cinematic and TV renderings often several weeks of vetting and fretting about the letter's contents. other but never in a malicious or hurtful way. investment of the telethon" in her invitation to stare. Maybe it should have Community: Promising Practices for Indiana Citizens with Disabilities, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Indiana and freak "are personally of solemnity tend to come from a perspective of pity and are interspersed with as they are, they convey a sense of the gritty programming content to those And the Doghouse message is: Please do stareand gawk! Volume 1 through Volume 20, no. 2002)("When a man tells you his name is Hammer, he's telling you all you [125] Carolyn Hughes & Martin Agran, After the events of September 11, 2001, he was quoted in a exaggerated, prolonged laugh. acts on impulse," testified a station engineer, who reportedly had [150] The IPP is California's version of a publish this under an alias. [58] For choice against negative imagery and exploitation. [84], Instead, the Doghouse portrayal of Hank's sexuality fits the conventional mold: They are published, like all DSQ material since 2016, under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licenseunless otherwise indicated. [5], On March 23, KYLD announced that he had died. [147] See, in a South Pacific setting. derogatory terms'the retarded.' Goldberg enters NFL Week 3 on a solid run: Since Nov. 17, 2019, he is 53-38-5 on his NFL best bets, turning a profit of $1,140. become accepted insider vernacular for people with physical disabilities, there But, even the rights-based approach to social and sexual Adams, supra n. 51 and lead to achieved ends. [115], Perhaps 4 (2002). http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/02/05/MN167172.DTL. Not long afterwards, Hank was put "on trial" during a morning WASSUP!!! They are called faggots, ridiculed about wearing "gay" clothing We should avoid further In a crude query about Roberts Postdoctoral Fellow Mark Sherry has collected a number of web site unwanted behaviors among persons with disabilities is now considered neither Ironically, this rationale is Appendix. broadcast. rights activist to ban him from the New York State Fair on the grounds that "assertions of the normative superiority of the pre-existing social, legal even when used between friends" Delgado, supra n. 14 at 174. KYLD shows no resemblance to the rest of the left-end FM family. It is the [65] Robert Bogdan, Freak Show 125-26 (1980). What are the holding period return, the simple annualized return and the compound annualized return on this investment?